Francois surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Francois surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 10,794 people carried this name — #3,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 24,561 people named Francois.

544 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 544
Paris 2,101
Nord 2,091
Pas-de-Calais 1,995
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1,594
Somme 996
Moselle 914
Vosges 889
Meuse 739

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 7,015 people named Francois live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 1,936
Liège 900
Namur 839
Luxembourg Province 739
East Flanders 716
Flemish Brabant 539
Walloon Brabant 478
Brussels-Capital 462

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

261 people named Francois live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 97
Geneva 65
Fribourg 30
Valais 14
Bern 12
Zurich 11
Neuchâtel 8
Ticino 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Francois,
with a public archive behind them.

  • François Dominique Séraphin
    François Dominique Séraphin 1747–1800 · marionetteist
  • Joseph Francois
    Joseph Francois 1961– · economist
  • Mark Francois
    Mark Francois 1965– · politician
  • Tyrese Francois
    Tyrese Francois 2000– · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 48 lives in all are documented under this name.

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